SCNet, iDigBio, and SPNHC announce a second webinar series focused on curation, digitization, and management of small natural history collections. The webinars in this series will feature several collections domains and preparation types, including but not limited to paleontology, entomology, veterbrate zoology, and botany, as well as museums that manage several small collections. Each webinar in the series will include a 20-30 minute presentation by a featured speaker followed by 30-40 minutes of discussion.

Interested in learning how create and manage species checklists within a Symbiota portal? If so, join us on Wednesday morning for the next Symbiota webinar. This online training session will cover step-by-step instructions on how to create new species lists for any given area, linking specimen vouchers as proof of occurrence, and how to make use of the voucher management tool box to manage the list over time. See below for details on when and where to meet.
Symbiota Training: Checklist and voucher management

Symbiota Training: Intro to specimen management
When: Wed, August 27, 9am - 10am (Pacific Time)
Topic: Collection Control Panel, quick overview of features in the menu,
managing permissions, download backup, access to data entry and specimen
editor, tracking specimen edits, processing toolbox, etc
Where: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.org/symbiota
When: 9-10am (Pacific Time)

The North American Network of Small Herbaria (NANSH) and iDigBio co-sposored a small herbarium digitization workshop in association with Botany 2014 on 31July in Boise, ID. 
See the blog report at iDigBio.org.
See the workshop wiki for audio recordings and pdf files of presentations.

You can access the webinar recording here:
(7/7/2014) http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p1wtfeto4kg/
(7/21/2014) http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p5jm7vlf5xr/
You can access the chat box notes here: Chat box 2014-07-07 and Chat box 2014-07-21

You can find the webinar recording here:

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p13e9c3todn/

You can find the webinar recording here:

http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p6v45vufw1b/

PDF of Barbara Thiers' webinar presentation. 

Chat box entries from 2 June 2014 Webinar.

Webinar
Topic: Georeferencing herbarium specimens using Geolocate
Presenter: Nelson Rios, Tulane and Geolocate
Date: 7 and 21 July 2014
Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m. EDT
Where: https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/smallherb
Headsets are recommended.
A chat facility will be available to interact with Nelson.

You can find the webinar recording here:
http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p98jjiyc2ct/
 
PDF version of Roland Robert's PowerPoint webinar presentation.
Chat box entries for Roland Robert's presentation.
 
 

SCNet and iDigBio are pleased to host the Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Small Collections in Digitization Initiatives symposium at SPNHC 2014. The symposium is scheduled for Wednesday, 25 June, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. BST.
Please see the workshop wiki for the agenda, abstracts, presentations, recordings, and further information.